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Test 2r
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User
Elliot Starcevich
Submitted
7/23/11 10:00 AM
Name
Test 2r
Status
Completed
Score
96 out of 100 points
Time Elapsed 53 minutes, and 47 seconds out of 1 hour and 15 minutes allowed.
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Question 1
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Mrs. Suttman helps her 2-year-old daughter count blocks and measure teaspoons of cocoa.
Mrs. Suttman is providing:
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scaffolding and structure.
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scaffolding and structure.
Question 2
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Harry's mother left him for a few minutes. When she returned, Harry climbed into her lap
and then resumed playing. Harry is probably a(n):
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secure child.
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secure child.
Question 3
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According to traditional behaviorism, personality is:
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molded by parents.
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molded by parents.
Question 4
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Diana Baumrind is famous for her work on:
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styles of parenting.
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styles of parenting.
Question 5
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Not understanding that undoing a sequence of events will bring about the original conditions
or situation is called:
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irreversibility.
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irreversibility.
Question 6
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Another name for self-rule is:
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autonomy.
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autonomy.
Question 7
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The Reggio-Emilia early-childhood program focuses on:
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master of skills not typically accomplished until age 7.
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master of skills not typically accomplished until age 7.
Question 8
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According to Erikson, toddlers usually:
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want to control their own bodies.
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want to control their own bodies.
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Question 9
Research in temperament reveals that:
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temperament remains consistent throughout life.
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temperament evolves and changes over time.
Question 10
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Marie talks out loud to herself in school as she puts a puzzle together. She is probably:
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4 years old.
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4 years old.
Question 11
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Vygotsky suggested that each individual is surrounded by a zone of:
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proximal development.
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proximal development.
Question 12
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If a child successfully resolves Erikson's first stage, she or he can be expected to:
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explore his or her world.
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explore his or her world.
Question 13
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Preschoolers often have trouble tying their shoelaces because they have inadequate:
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fine motor skill development.
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fine motor skill development.
Question 14
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The 2-year-old human brain weighs ______ percent of the adult brain.
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75
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75
Question 15
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When children demonstrate centration, they:
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only look at one aspect of a problem.
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only look at one aspect of a problem.
Question 16
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Mrs. Kaminsky is a very nurturing parent and has good communication with her children
whom she never disciplines. Her parenting style is:
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permissive.
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permissive.
Question 17
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In the Strange Situation, a sign of secure attachment is:
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smiling at Mother when she returns to the room.
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smiling at Mother when she returns to the room.
Question 18
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Most of today's researchers agree that:
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high-quality day care from ages 3 to 5 produces positive long-term
outcomes.
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high-quality day care from ages 3 to 5 produces positive long-term
outcomes.
Question 19
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The unspoken and often unrecognized lessons that children learn in school which are the
unofficial, unstated, or implicit rules and priorities that influence the academic curriculum
and every other aspect of learning in school is called the:
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hidden curriculum.
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hidden curriculum.
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Question 20
If an intelligent 8-year-old could not read, this might be attributed to:
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dyslexia.
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dyslexia.
Question 21
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The best advice for parents to improve their child's diet and promote healthy eating habits is
to:
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offer many healthy foods as alternatives when they become hungry.
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offer many healthy foods as alternatives when they become hungry.
Question 22
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The term child maltreatment includes:
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all of the above categories.
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all of the above categories.
Question 23
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The part of the brain responsible for the coordination of thoughts matures during:
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the toddler years.
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late adolescence.
Question 24
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Which group of theorists supports a focus on children's understanding as opposed to
observable behavior?
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cognitive
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cognitive
Question 25
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An example of a gross motor skills is:
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swimming a across pool.
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swimming across a pool.
Question 26
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Robert Sternberg suggested three types of intelligence, creative, practical, and:
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academic.
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academic.
Question 27
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Researchers placed a dot of rouge on babies' noses and then had them look into a mirror. At
what age did most babies touch their nose when they saw their reflection?
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15 months
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15 months
Question 28
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Metacognition refers to:
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thinking about one's thinking processes.
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thinking about one's thinking processes.
Question 29
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The characteristic irreversibility refers to the preoperational child's tendency to:
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be unable to think backwards from a conclusion to the beginning.
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be unable to think backwards from a conclusion to the beginning.
Question 30
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A child is shown two identical tall containers, half-filled with water. The contents of one
container are then poured into a short, wide container. If the child states that both containers
still have the same amount, that phenomenon would be called:
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conservation.
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conservation.
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Question 31
The best example of a fine motor skill in this list is:
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using scissors to cut paper.
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using scissors to cut paper.
Question 32
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Typically, stranger wariness is first noticeable at:
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9 months.
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9 months.
Question 33
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Stuttering is an example of a(n):
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communicative disorder.
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communicative disorder.
Question 34
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An enduring emotional connection between people is known as:
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attachment.
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attachment.
Question 35
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Low-income children are given preschool education classes under which program?
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Project Head Start
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Project Head Start
Question 36
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Children with attention-deficit disorders:
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experience difficulty in concentrating.
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experience difficulty in concentrating.
Question 37
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Five-year-old Fred brought a dead bird to his mother. Crying he said, I'm so sad this little
bird died. His mother might conclude that Fred is:
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developing emotional intelligence.
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developing emotional intelligence.
Question 38
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To Piaget, the difference between cognition during infancy and the preschool years is:
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symbolic thought.
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symbolic thought.
Question 39
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Myelination:
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speeds up the transmission of neural impulses.
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speeds up the transmission of neural impulses.
Question 40
2 out of 2 points
According to Piaget, the distinguishing characteristic of school-age children is that they are:
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logical.
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logical.
Question 41
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When Jennie sees her third-grade teacher in the grocery store, she does not recognize her.
This is likely due to Jennie's:
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static reasoning.
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static reasoning.
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Question 42
The differentiation and specialization of the functioning of the two halves of the brain is
called:
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lateralization.
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lateralization.
Question 43
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Secure attachment makes a toddler:
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willing to explore.
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willing to explore.
Question 44
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Epigenetic theory suggests that:
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change is possible because genes permit selective adaptation to the
environment.
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change is possible because genes permit selective adaptation to the
environment.
Question 45
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The process that depends heavily on exploration and social experiences is:
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guided participation.
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guided participation.
Question 46
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Behaviorist theorists believe that children learn their gender behavior by:
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observing others.
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observing others.
Question 47
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Most American children develop traditional gender-role beliefs, such as that girls become
nurses, by what age?
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4
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4
Question 48
2 out of 2 points
Erikson's stage that occurs between 3 and 6 years is called:
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initiative versus guilt.
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initiative versus guilt.
Question 49
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Basically, the Strange Situation measures how a child:
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responds to separations and reunions with a caregiver.
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responds to separations and reunions with a caregiver.
Question 50
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Vygotsky's theory includes the idea of:
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young children as apprentices in thinking.
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young children as apprentices in thinking.
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